Islamic Cleric Al-Sadr Arrested?

April 13, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Current Affairs 

The Command Post has received one report that Shiite Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has been captured by US forces. I’ve also seen this listed on Pravda’s website and one Bulgarian website.

Al-Sadr is reportedly the head of the organization that has been carrying out the organized and armed resistance in places like Fallujah and Najaf recently.

Today’s Accomplishments

April 9, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Miscellaneous 

Once in a while, you have to pat yourself on the back for the little things.

1. Spoke to solar panel installer about revised schedule (more info at Smith Electric Company). Re-arranged vacation schedule at work on short notice.
2. Located 14-year-old bug in the billing system that just showed up this month. This was a tricky one.
3. Managed not to annoy wife who got to stay home today when I got up and dressed this morning.
4. Pet cats. Cats happy to see me.
5. Offered advice to another IT group on a joint project.

All in all, a quiet day. Any day without discord is a gift.

Whipping the Easter Bunny

April 9, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Can't Make This Up, Religion 

The Glassport Assembly of God Church held a program on Easter, which included whipping the Easter Bunny and breaking colored eggs. Supposedly, it was supposed to show what Christ went through in the Easter story. It seems to have primarily scared or upset small children.

gelatinous cube has a good idea for the Christmas pageant.

As a young child I had a few strange experiences at the local Assembly of God church in Englewood, NJ – courtesy of my next-door neighbors who brought us with their children. I don’t think my parents ever let me go back again afterward.

Memespread

April 9, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
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I’m just helping out a project on how memes spread on the web.

Here’s the original meme site.

A Church Bake Sale – Hamas Style

April 9, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
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In Gaza, Hamas has resorted to collecting donations at mosques in order to fund their armed terrorists. This is apparently because American pressure to freeze their bank accounts globally is working.

I wonder when people will start to realize that in some places, Islam cannot be separated from terrorism. I don’t mean to say that ALL of Islam is terrorist, but clearly in some places it works that way. This probably has parallels in some conservatives whites-only churches in the South of the US during the 50’s and 60’s.

This does seem rather Monty Python-esque, though.

Hat Tip: Command Post

A Chicken of Your Own

April 8, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Can't Make This Up 

Burger King has apparently paid some poor guy to wear a chicken suit and do whatever websurfers want him to do. www.subservientchicken.com

Supposedly, there is a list of things that he will NOT do.

(Hat Tip: Boing Boing)

Supreme Court Justice Restricts Media

April 8, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia forced two reporters to blank their tapes of his speech before a high school, and later had two reporters ejected from a reception held at William Carey College after stating that they would be allowed. (CNN Story)

As you can see in the article, Justice Scalia has also gone so far as to restrict the presence of reporters at a ceremony where he was given an award for supporting free speech!

Don’t forget, this guy is also Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy.

Metafilter has picked up on this one. Also, this is today’s gridlock for the OTB Traffic Jam.

Bomb in Atlanta Airport?

April 7, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
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WXIA (NBC-Atlanta) is reporting that a suspicious device was found in a men’s room at Atlanta-Hartsfield Airport. According to the article, a TSA representative in Washington called it “an explosive device”.

(Hat Tip: Command Post)

UPDATED: It appears that the bomb was a hand grenade with the pin pulled, attached to a mobile radio. It has been neutralized. This from the Atlanta Constitution.

Apology to the French

April 6, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Can't Make This Up 

Skeptomai has found an apology to the French on a washing instructions tag for a computer bag.

Click the link – it’s worth seeing the picture.

Hat Tip: Boing Boing

Spontaneous Combustion in Italy

April 6, 2004 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Can't Make This Up 

MSNBC reports that the little village of Canneto di Caronia, Sicily, Italy has been experiences lots of spontaneous combustion events since January. The local utility has cut off electricity to the area, but appliances, electrical equipment, and even cars continue to spark up for no apparent reason.

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